Lander Cutoff of the Oregon Trail

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The Lander Cutoff of the Oregon Trail was a shorter, federally funded wagon road surveyed by engineer Frederick W. Lander in the 1850s to provide emigrants a safer and more efficient route across the Rocky Mountains.

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Lander Cutoff of the Oregon Trail canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oregon Trail cutoff ⓘ
historic emigrant trail route ⓘ
wagon road ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fort Kearney, South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road ⓘ
linked to: California Trail

Lander Road ⓘ
avoids Fort Bridger ⓘ
longer southern loop through present-day southwest Wyoming ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1858 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1857 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endPoint Fort Hall region, Idaho ⓘ
linked to: Fort Hall, Idaho
follows Green River Basin ⓘ
Snake River Plain ⓘ
Star Valley ⓘ
Sweetwater River region ⓘ
fundedBy United States federal government ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus listed segments on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of Oregon National Historic Trail corridor ⓘ
historicalEra American Westward Expansion ⓘ
Oregon Trail migration period ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Trail
inception 1850s ⓘ
locatedIn Idaho ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
namedAfter Frederick W. Lander ⓘ
notableFeature crossed high mountain passes and river valleys in the central Rockies ⓘ
federally engineered and graded wagon road ⓘ
reduced travel distance compared to older routes ⓘ
partOf Oregon Trail ⓘ
passesThrough Big Sandy region ⓘ
Green River country ⓘ
linked to: Green River Basin

Soda Springs region, Idaho ⓘ
linked to: Soda Springs, Idaho

South Pass area ⓘ
Star Valley, Wyoming ⓘ
purpose provide a more efficient route for overland travel ⓘ
provide a safer route across the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
provide a shorter route for emigrant wagons ⓘ
routeType overland wagon road ⓘ
shorterThan main Oregon Trail route via Fort Bridger ⓘ
startPoint near South Pass, Wyoming ⓘ
surveyor Frederick W. Lander ⓘ
transportationMode horse-drawn wagons ⓘ
ox-drawn wagons ⓘ
usedFor migration to California ⓘ
migration to Oregon ⓘ
migration to the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
usePeriod 1860s ⓘ
1870s ⓘ
late 1850s ⓘ

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Frederick W. Lander → notableWork → Lander Cutoff of the Oregon Trail ⓘ